DR. STEVE BEATY

Education

• BS, MS, and Ph.D. from Colorado State University.

At the Metropolitan State University of Denver, he:

• Earned early tenure and is now a full professor.

• Was chair of the Mathematical and Computer Science Department.

• Is now the chair of the Computer Sciences department.

• Was twice interim vice-president for information technology.

• Helped create both the bachelor's and master's of cybersecurity degrees. See: https://www.msudenver.edu/programs/cybersecurity-major-bs/ https://www.msudenver.edu/programs/master-of-science-in-cybersecurity/

• Created the minor in computer security. See: https://www.msudenver.edu/computer-sciences/computer-security-minor/

• Was a founding member of the Mountain West Cybersecurity Consortium https://mtnwestcc.org

• Discovered and helped develop a test suite for an exploit in the DNS protocol with the British National Infrastructure Security Coordination Centre (now the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure) https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13729

At the National Center for Atmospheric Research, he:

• Lead the cybersecurity team.

• Helped architect and implement the cybersecurity protections for the NCAR/Wyoming Supercomputer Center.

• Initiated the successful effort to create a FISMA enclave.

• Started the private cloud implementation.

In addition, he:

• Wrote compilers for supercomputers at Cray Computer Corporation.

• Consults and contracts with numerous local, national, and international organizations on computer security.

• Paid technical reviewer for

• Building Secure Servers with Linux, 2nd Edition

• SELinux: NSA's Open-Source Security Enhanced Linux

• Building Internet Firewalls, 2nd Edition

• Has appeared and interview with local and national media over 200 times.

• Regularly presents to local community groups and schools on cybersecurity.

• Works on several security-related open-source projects.

• Is a technical mentor for middle- and high-school CyberPatriot teams.